Shoreline resident graduates with honors

Victoria Lewis, the daughter of Robin and David Lewis of Shoreline, graduated from Macalester College during a ceremony held on campus on May 16.  Lewis received a liberal arts degree in Geology and American Studies. Lewis is a graduate of Shorewood High School.

Lewis received the following honors/awards:

PHI BETA KAPPA

Election to Phi Beta Kappa recognizes outstanding scholarship in the liberal arts and sciences. Election is usually limited to the top 12 percent of the senior class. All candidates must have demonstrated a knowledge of mathematics and of a foreign language at least minimally appropriate for a liberal education.

CUM LAUDE

Macalester College President Brian Rosenberg presented diplomas to 443 graduating seniors. The ceremony also featured an academic procession led by the Macalester Pipe Band, flag bearers representing 34 countries of the 62 graduating international seniors plus the U.S. and U.N. flags, and faculty in academic robes.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale delivered the commencement address at the 2015 Macalester College graduation ceremony.

Macalester College, founded in 1874, is a national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 2,045 students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence, internationalism, multiculturalism, and civic engagement.